symbolic act
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsymbolicandact
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symbolic
adjective
uk/sɪmˈbɒl.ɪk/us/sɪmˈbɑː.lɪk/
representing ...
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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(Definition ofsymbolicandactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsymbolic act
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Instead, she performs asymbolicact, a simple gesture.
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Thissymbolicactcoincided with the adoption of a more rigorous enquiry procedure based on depositions by witnesses.
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Among these was hissymbolicactof going under the yoke.
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This testifies to the fact that the environmental dependency is not due to an immaterialsymbolicact.
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Or is it primarily asymbolicactused to asser t ethnolinguistic autonomy?
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It is just fiction, asymbolicact.
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Taken so conspicuously out of their own allotted social place by thissymbolicact, these heroic, unthreatening representatives of the working class made that of their social superiors much safer.
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We counted all events during this time period that were coded as 131, 132 and 133 (make informal complaint, make formal complaint or protest,symbolicact).
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Now he has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for asymbolicacton the basis of flimsy arguments.
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This is asymbolicactof deep and momentous significance.
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I suspect, however, that the time has come for some moresymbolicactof friendship.
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That is a tinysymbolicact, but one which transcends all differences of nationality, language, and belief.
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If such a declaration were only asymbolicact, and if it conferred no additional powers—which is not true—it is nevertheless necessary for that purpose.
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Neither has anyone suggested that it could be taken as anything except as asymbolicact.
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This is a crucial,symbolicactto indicate that the future will be different from the past.
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Accession is not asymbolicact, ladies and gentlemen: it has legal value.
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Financial participation is - shall we say - asymbolicact.
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One of the lessons to be learnt from that phrase is that anything can be made into asymbolicactif we choose to judge it as such.
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Thesymbolicactof handing out red tortoise cakes on this day signifies that one's daughter has reached maturity and is of a marriageable age.
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However, various human rights groups noted it as primarily asymbolicact.
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